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Absolutism

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How was the emergence of large Cossack bands in the Ukraine in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries related to the political economic developments to the north in Russia? The Cossacks were military colonists dispatched by the Tsar.

Many Cossacks were religious dissenters who left the official Orthodox Church following the schism.

During the reigns of Ivan III and Ivan IV, Muscovite society..

saw the rise of the service nobility

After the Time of Troubles, the Romanov tsars..

relaxed the obligations of the nobility

Following the late seventeenth century schism in the Russian Orthodox church, dissenters from the official church became known as

Old Believers

Peter's involvement in the Great Northern War was a consequence of..

his adherence to an aggressive alliance against Sweden

The reign of Peter the Great was characterized by

incessant warfare

Peter's new tax, on "souls,"

made people the basis for the taxation system in Russia, not land.

Perhaps the most important consequence of Peter I's reforms was the..

widening gap between the elite and commoners.

During the Time of Troubles, Russia faced all of the following troubles except

religious schism

The Baroque palaces of central and Eastern European princes were modeled on

Versailles

Perhaps the most important consequence of Stenka Razin's uprising was the

creation of the myth of rebellion that would inspire future generations.

How did Peter the Great approach the problem of finding labor to build his new capital of St. Petersburg?

He conscripted tens of thousands of Russian peasants to work each summer

The population of St. Petersburg was

compelled by Peter to reside there.

According to Olearius's description of Russian society, presented in "Listening to the Past," the Russians were..

barabians

The French military reforms included all of the following except..

exclusion of noble participation in the army.

Among the weaknesses of the French financial system under Louis XIV were all of the following except..

lack of direction in state financial and economic policy.

The enemy of the Grand Alliance during the War of the Spanish Succession was..

France

The Fronde refers to..

a rebellion by aristocrats and others early in the reign of Louis XIV

Political power in the Dutch Republic was..

controlled by an oligarchy of wealthy merchants.

The relationship between Louis XIV and the Languedoc nobles indicates,

that the king often compromised and collaborated with the nobles.

The cause of the War of Spanish Succession was...

The prospect of Louis XIV controlling both the French and French thrones.

Charles XII of Sweden scored a major victory over Peter the Great at the Battle of..

Narva

According to the text, which power had the most efficient military in Europe, man for man, in the early 1700s?

Prussia

The Sultan of the Ottoman Empire filled the top ranks of his bureaucracy with

slaves, many of them taken from the Christian Balkans as boys and converted to Islam

The accomplishments of Frederick William I included all of the following except the...

conquest of new territories

The policies and actions of Frederick William I were based on his belief that the welfare of the king and state depends on the..

army

The most enduring legacy of Frederick William I was..

the abolition of the Brandenburg Estates

The Cossack leader Stenka Razin claimed that...

evil officials and nobles, not the tsar, were responsible for the conditions of the pesants

In the period up to and including the reign of Peter the Great, Russia faced invasion from all of the following powers except...

Austria

One important factor in the rise of princes of Moscow to domination over other Slavic cities in the area was..

cooperation with the Mongols

Many scholars believe that the Russian concept of kingship was derived from..

the Mongols

The Pragmatic Sanction issued by Charlies VI in 1713..

stated that the Habsburg lands were never to be divided

All of the following were factors in the Hungarians' fight against Habsburg absolutism except...

the commercial and industrial strength of Hungary

The accomplishments of Frederick William the Great Elector, include all of the following except..

the abolition of serfdom

The Fronde were directly primarily against

the authority of the absolute monarchy

According to the text, the reason that labor shortages led to freedom for peasants in western Europe and bondage for peasants in Eastern Europe was...

the labor shortage was worse in western Europe

In response to the problems of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, the landlords of Eastern Europe..

used political power to gain control of peasants

The first tactic employed by the landlords to cope with labor shortages was to..

restrict peasant freedom of movement

The administration of justice in Eastern Europe generally was..

controlled by local landlords

The importance and liberty of Eastern European towns were undermined, in large part, by..